Alberta Golden Bears

Golden Bears
University University of Alberta
Conference Canada West Universities Athletic Association
CIS East Division (Basketball only)
Athletic director Dr. Ian Reade
Location Edmonton, Alberta
Varsity teams 10
Football stadium Foote Field
Arena Clare Drake Arena
Other arenas Universiade Pavilion
Mascot GUBA (Great University Bear of Alberta)
Nickname Golden Bears
Fight song Alberta Cheer Song
Colours
     Green       Gold
Website www.bears.ualberta.ca

The Alberta Golden Bears are the men's athletic teams that represent the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The women's teams are known as the Alberta Pandas.

History

The Golden Bears compete in 12 sports administered by Canadian Interuniversity Sport in the Canada West conference.

The football and soccer teams play their home games at Foote Field, while the hockey team plays at Clare Drake Arena, and the basketball and volleyball teams' home is the Saville Community Sports Centre.[1]

University of Alberta Golden Bears football team

Sports

Awards and standings

The Bears are considered a strong school team in Canada in multiple sports. The hockey and volleyball teams, in particular, are frequent challengers in Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championships.

The hockey team has won a total of 15 National Championships and 25 Canada West championships, having won the National Championship 4 times in the past 10 seasons (05-06, 07-08, 13-14, 14-15).

The volleyball team has been strong over the past decade, having been crowned National Champions on four occasions: 2008, 2009, 2014, and 2015. In addition, they were runners-up in 2006 and 2007. They have also won the Canada West 13 times.

In addition to their success over Canadian competition, the Golden Bears host the annual Husky Energy Can-Am Challenge of Champions tournament, where they frequently spearhead the Canadian contingent's success. This tournament sees four top teams from both Canada and the USA competing for supremacy, with the Canadian teams holding the overall title, having won 9 of the 13 tournaments.

Championships

SportNational ChampionshipsAdditional National AppearancesConference ChampionshipsConference Podiums
Basketball 3 (1994, 1995, 2002)[2][3] 10 (1974, 1977, 1990 (7th), 1996 (2nd), 1998 (7th), 1999 (2nd), 2000 (5th), 2003 (t3), 2005 (t5), 2008 (t7), 2012 (t2) 11 (1973, 1974, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2012, 2014)[4][5] 24 (1st - 10, 2nd - 6, 3rd - 8)
Cross-Country 1 (1980)[6][7] 16 (1983 (2nd), 1984 (4th), 1985 (4th), 1986 (2nd), 1997 (5th), 1998 (12th), 1999 (9th), 2000 (2nd), 2001 (4th), 2002 (3rd), 2003 (3rd), 2004 (3rd), 2005 (4th), 2006 (7th), 2007 (12th), 2008 (t9) 12 (1975, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)[8][9] 22 (1st - 12, 2nd - 6, 3rd - 4)
Curling 2012 [10] 3 (2008, 2010, 2011) 2012, 2013-
Football 3 (1967, 1972, 1980)[11][12] 3 (1965, 1971, 1981) 16 (1922, 1926, 1928, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1981)[13][14] 22 (1st - 16, 2nd - 6)
Hockey 15 (1964, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015) [15][16] 22 (1966 (2nd), 1969 (3rd), 1970, 1972 (3rd), 1973, 1977, 1984, 1985 (2nd), 1987, 1989, 1991 (2nd), 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003 (3rd), 2004 (4th), 2009, 2010 (2nd), 2011, 2013) 25 (1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015) [17][18] 39 (1st - 25, 2nd - 10, 3rd - 4)
Soccer 4 (1972, 1979, 2003, 2006)[19][20] 7 (1973 (2nd), 1981 (2nd), 1988 (3rd), 1994 (2nd), 1995 (2nd), 1998 (2nd), 1999 (2nd)) 9 (1972, 1973, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2003)[21][22] 31 (1st - 9, 2nd - 8, 3rd - 14)
Swimming 0[23][24] 37 (1972-2009: 2nd - 2, 3rd - 10, 4th - 7, 5th - 2, 6th - 5, 7th - 2, 8th - 2, 9th - 1, 10th - 2, 12th - 3, 18th - 1) 9 (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1992, 1993, 1996 (tied))[25][26] 32 (1st - 9, 2nd - 7, 3rd - 16)
Track and Field 1 (2001)[27][28] 27 (1981-1987, 1989-2000, 2002–2009: 2nd - 3, 3rd - 5, 4th - 2, 5th - 3, 6th - 4, 7th - 2, 8th - 1, 10th - 2, 11th - 2, 14th - 1, 16th - 1, 19th - 1) 6 (1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1993, 2006)[29][30] 25 (1st - 6, 2nd - 11, 3rd - 8)
Volleyball 8 (1981, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015)[31][32] 18 (1975 (2nd), 1980 (3rd), 1990 (6th), 1993 (5th), 1994 (4th), 1995 (4th), 1996 (2nd), 1998 (3rd), 1999 (3rd), 2001 (5th), 2003 (2nd), 2004 (2nd), 2006 (2nd), 2007 (2nd), 2010 (3rd), 2011 (5th), 2012 (6th), 2013 (5th)) 13 (1975, 1981, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015) [33][34] 30 (1st - 13, 2nd - 11, 3rd - 6)
Wrestling 4 (1970, 1971, 1972, 2013)[35][36] 32 (1980, 1983-1987, 1989-2014: 1st - 1, 2nd - 1, 3rd - 2, 5th - 4, 6th - 3, 7th - 4, 8th - 2, 9th - 3, 10th - 4, 11th - 2, 13th - 1, 14th - 1, 16th - 1) 14 (1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 2013,2014) [37][38] 26 (1st - 14, 2nd - 7, 3rd - 5)
Total 40 175 117 251 (1st - 114, 2nd - 72, 3rd - 65)

See also Canadian Interuniversity Sport.

Football

Alberta Golden Bears
First season 1910
Athletic director Dr. Ian Reade
Head coach Chris Morris
2nd year, 3–13–0  (.188)
Home stadium Foote Field
Year built 2001
Stadium capacity 3500
Stadium surface PureGrass
Location Edmonton, Alberta
League CIS
Conference CWUAA (1910 - present)
All-time record 328–314–9 (.511)
Postseason record –
Vanier Cups 3
1967, 1972, 1980
Churchill Bowl Championships 4
1971, 1972, 1980, 1981
Hardy Cups 18
1922, 1926, 1928, 1944,
1946, 1947, 1948, 1960,
1962, 1963, 1964, 1965,
1967, 1971, 1972, 1979,
1980, 1981
Hec Crighton winners 2
Mel Smith, Bryan Fryer
Current uniform
Colours Green and Gold

             

Rivals Calgary Dinos
Website bears.ualberta.ca

The Alberta Golden Bears football team has been in competition since 1910 and completed their 92nd year of active competition in 2014. The Golden Bears have won three Vanier Cup national championships, in 1967, 1972 and most recently in 1980. The program has also won 18 Hardy Cup conference titles, second only to the Saskatchewan Huskies who have won 19 of them. The Golden Bears have also had two players win the Hec Crighton Trophy, with Mel Smith winning in 1971 and Bryan Fryer winning the award in 1975.

In the 2000s, the Golden Bears had seen mixed results as the team made the playoffs in five of ten seasons between 2001-2010. In four of those seasons, Alberta reached the Hardy Cup, but came away with losses each time. Despite playing in the Hardy Cup in 2010, the Golden Bears finished winless in 2011 following the resignation of longtime head coach Jerry Friesen. UBC defaulted two wins to Alberta that year, but the following season was once again winless as the Golden Bears finished at the bottom of the standings. The Golden Bears saw improvement in 2014 by posting a 3-5 record, but finished fifth and missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year.

Recent Regular Season Results

Season Games Won Lost OT Loss Pct % PF PA Standing
20018 251 0.313 139 2176th in CW
20028 170 0.125 141 1867th in CW
20038 440 0.500 262 1644th in CW
20048 710 0.875 235 1451st in CW
20058 710 0.875 226 1492nd in CW
20068 440 0.500 163 1985th in CW
20078 260 0.250 176 2046th in CW
20088 260 0.250 140 1947th in CW
20098 440 0.500 164 2033rd in CW
20108 350 0.375 177 2204th in CW
20118 260 0.250 73 2745th in CW
20128 080 0.000 82 3056th in CW
20138 080 0.000 188 4196th in CW
20148 350 0.375 228 2925th in CW

CIS Playoff Results

Golden Bears in the CFL

As of the start of the 2013 CFL season, three former Golden Bears players are on CFL teams' rosters:

References

  1. ↑ http://thegatewayonline.ca/article/view/saville_centre_one_year_later
  2. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_basketball/2006MBB.pdf CIS Men's BB Almanac
  3. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_basketball/index.cfm CIS Men's BB Page
  4. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-BearsBasketball.pdf U of A Men's BB History
  5. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=1 Canada West Men's BB Page
  6. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_xcountry/almanac_men07.pdf CIS Men's XC Almanac
  7. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_xcountry/index.cfm CIS Men's XC Page
  8. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-XC.pdf U of A Men's XC History
  9. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=3 Canada West Men's XC Page
  10. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/championships/curling/2009/index.cfm CIS Men's Curling Page
  11. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/football/documents/10_2008Football-final.pdf CIS Football Almanac
  12. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/football/ CIS Football Page
  13. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2007BearsFootballHistory.pdf U of A Football History
  14. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=5 Canada West Football Page
  15. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_icehockey/documents/11_2008MIceHockey-final.pdf CIS Men's Hockey Almanac
  16. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_icehockey/ CIS Men's Hockey Page
  17. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-BearsHockey.pdf U of A Men's Hockey History
  18. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=6 Canada West Men's Hockey Page
  19. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_soccer/MSoccer.pdf CIS Men's Soccer Almanac
  20. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_soccer/ CIS Men's Soccer Page
  21. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-BearsSoccer.pdf U of A Men's Soccer History
  22. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=9 Canada West Men's Soccer Page
  23. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_swimming/documents/16_2008MSwimming-final.pdf CIS Men's Swimming Almanac
  24. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_swimming CIS Men's Swimming Page
  25. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-Swimming.pdf U of A Men's Swimming History
  26. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=11 Canada West Men's Swimming Page
  27. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_track/2007_almanacM.pdf CIS Men's Track Almanac
  28. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_track CIS Men's Track Page
  29. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-TrackandField.pdf U of A Men's Track History
  30. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=12 Canada West Men's Track Page
  31. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_volleyball/documents/20_2008MVB-final.pdf CIS Men's VB Almanac
  32. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_volleyball/ CIS Men's VB Page
  33. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2008-Bears%20Volleyball.pdf U of A Men's VB History
  34. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=13 Canada West Men's VB Page
  35. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_wrestling/MWrestling.pdf CIS Men's Wrestling Almanac
  36. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_wrestling/ CIS Men's Wrestling Page
  37. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-Wrestling.pdf U of A Men's Wrestling History
  38. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=15 Canada West Men's Wrestling Page

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